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Weitzmann, Kurt. “The Mosaic in St. Catherine’s Monastery on Mount Sinai.” Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 110, no. 6 (1966): 392–405.

Weitzmann, Kurt. “An Encaustic Icon with the Prophet Elijah at Mount Sinai.” In Mélanges offerts à Kazimierz Michałowski. Edited by Marie-Louise Bernhard. Warsaw: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1966. 720–722.

Weitzmann, Kurt. “Eine spätkomnenische Verkündigungsikone des Sinai und die zweite byzantinische Welle des 12. Jahrhunderts.” In Festschrift für Herbert von Einem zum 16. Februar 1965. Edited by Gert von der Osten and George Kauffmann. Berlin: Mann, 1965. 299–312.

Weitzmann, Kurt. “Fragments of an Early St. Nicholas Triptych on Mount Sinai.” Deltion tes Christianikes Archaiologikes Hetaireias 4, no. 4 (1964/66): 11–23.

Weitzmann, Kurt. “The Jephthah Panel in the Bema of the Church of St. Catherine’s Monastery on Mount Sinai.” Dumbarton Oaks Papers 18 (1964): 341–352.

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Weitzmann, Kurt. “Thirteenth Century Crusader Icons on Mount Sinai.” The Art Bulletin 45, no. 3 (1963):  179–203.

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NOTE: This preliminary bibliography has been compiled by Dr. Alice Isabella Sullivan. To suggest updates, please write to sinai.digital.archive@gmail.com and use the subject line "Sinai Bibliography".